TABLES and RULES for the Moveable and Immoveable Feasts; together with the Days of Fasting and Abstinence through the whole Year. RULES, To know when the Moveable Feasts and Holy-Days begin. MASTER-DAY, on which the rest depend, is always the first Sunday after the Full Moon, or next after, the twenty-first Day of March; and if the Full Moon happen upon a Sunday, Easter-Day is the Sunday after. Advent Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of St. Andrew, whether before or after. All Sundays in the year. St. Bartholomew the Apostle. The Circumcision of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. St. Matthew the Apostle. The Epiphany. The Conversion of St. Paul. The Purification of the Blessed Virgin. St. Matthias the Apostle. The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin. St. Mark the Evangelist. St. Philip and St. James, the Apostles. The Ascension of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. St. Barnabas. St. Michael and All Angels. St. Luke the Evangelist. St. Simon and St. Jude, the Apostles. All Saints. St. Andrew the Apostle. St. Thomas the Apostle. The Nativity of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. St. Stephen the Martyr. St. John the Evangelist. The Holy Innocents. Monday and Tuesday in Easter-Week. Monday and Tuesday in Whitsun-Week. Other Days of Fasting; on which the Church requires such a Measure of Abstinence, as is more especially suited to extraordinary Acts and Exercises of Devotion. 1st. The Season of Lent. 2d. The Ember-Days at the Four Seasons, being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, the Feast of Pentecost, September 14, and December 13. 3d. The three Rogation Days, being the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before Holy Thursday, or the Ascension of our Lord. 4th. All the Fridays in the Year, except Christmas-Day. In addition to the above, the first Thursday in November, (or if any other day be appointed by the civil authority, then such day) shall be observed as a day of Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the Fruits of the Earth, and all other Blessings of his merciful Providence. 10 18 7 15 4 12 1 9 17 6 2 A Golden Number. 3 B 13 April 1 G but if nothing remain, then 19 is the 4 C Letter, according to the Calendar, 5 D until the year 1899 inclusive, 6 E add to the year of our Lord its 0 A 7F fourth part, omitting fractions, 1G 8 G and also the Number 1: Divide 2 F 9 A the sum by 7, and if there be no 3E 10 B remainder, then A is the Sun- 4 D 11 C day Letter; but if any number 5 C 12 D remain, then the Letter stand- 6 B 13 E ing against that number in the 14 F small annexed Table, is the Sunday 15 G Letter. 16 A Note. That in all Bissextile or Leap 17 B Years, the Letter found as above will 18 C be the Sunday Letter from the inter19 D calated day cxclusive, to the end of 20 E the year. 21 F 31 F der, if any, is the Golden Number; 1 D April 19 3 To find the Dominical or Sunday March 31 22 G 23 A DCR April 12 4 B 24 24 B 25 Golden Number, or Prime, in the column of Golden Numbers, and against the Prime, in the same Line, under the Sunday Letter, you have the Day of the Month on which Easter falleth that Year. But, Note, That the Name of the Month is set on the left hand, or just with the Figure, and followeth not as in other Tables, by descent, but collaterally. Note, That in a Bissextile or Leap Year, the number of Sundays after Epiphany will be the same as if Easter-Day had fallen one Day later than it really does. And, for the same reason, one Day must, in every Leap Year, be added to the Day of the Month, given by the Table for Septuagesima Sunday, and for the first Day of Lent. 18 5 14 3 27 623 28 195 15 4 28 723 29 20 5 16 5 29 823 30 31 THE HE Golden Num bers in the fore Years Years of our 14 March 22 D point out the days of the Paschal Full Lord. of our Lord. 24 F Moons, till the Year B 1600 1700 1 1800 al Full Moons may B 2000 29 D fall nearly on the 2100 2 same days with the real Full Moons, the 2300 4 April 1 G Golden Numbers must B 2400 13 2 A be removed to differ 2500 4 2600 5 4 dar, as is done in the 2700 5 NO find the month and days of the month which the Golden Numbers ought to be prefixed in the Calendar in any given year of our Lord, consisting 0B 5:00 15 of entire hundred years, and in all 5300 16 the intermediate years betwixt 5-400 17 that and the next hundredth year 5500 17 following, look in the second co2B 5600 17 lumn of Table II. for the given 5700 18 year, consisting of entire hun5800 18 dreds; and note the number or 5900 19 cypher which stands against it 3 B 6000 19 in the third column; then in Ta6100 19 ble III. look for the same num6:200 20 ber in the column under any giv6300 21 en Golden Number, which when annexed Table, which B 2300 5 B 6400 20 you have found, guide your eye 6500 21 sideways to the left hand, and in 3000 6 9 A ry for finding the Pas- B 3200 chal Full Moons, and 3300 7 6600 22 the first column you will find the 6700 23 month and day to which that 7B 6800 22 Golden Number ought to be pre6900 23 fixed in the Calendar, during that 7000 24 period of one hundred years. 12 D 3500 9 ter, from the 7100 24 The Letter B prefixed to cer 1900, to the year 2199, B 3600 3 B 7200 24 tain hundredth years in Table II. 15 G ble is to be made use 3300 10 7400 25 still to be accounted Bissextile or 3900 10 7500 26 Leap Years in the new Calen 17 B the first Table, before B 4000 10 B 7600 26 dar; whereas all the other hun 7700 26 dredth years are to be accounted 19 D Easter, till the year 4:200 1:2 7800 27 only common years. 20 E 1899. 21 B 4400 12 B 3000 27 T or Sunday Letter for any given Year of our Lord, add to the Year its 14 F fourth Part, omitting Fractions, and also the Number, which, in Table I. standeth at the Top of the 15 G Column wherein the Number of Hundreds con- 16 A tained in that given Year is found: Divide the 17 B Sum by 7, and if there be no remainder, then A is 17 B the Sunday Letter; but if any number remain, 183 C then the Letter which standeth under that Num ber at the Top of the Table, is the Sunday Letter. 18 C718/29/ 10/21 21324 51627 819 0 1122 31425 8G 26 718 29 10 21 9A 27 8 19 0 11 22 3 14 25 6 17 28 920 112 23 4 15 26 4 15 26 7 18 29 10 21 213 24 5 16 27 8 5 16 27 8 19 0 1122 314 25 61728 9 6 17 28 920 112 23 415 26 7 18 29 10 7 18 29 10 21 213 24 5 10 27 819 011 8 19 0 11 22 31425 617 28 920112 112 23 4 15 26 7 18 29 10 21 213 8 19 0 11 22 314 920 112 23 115 213 24 5 16 3 14 25 6 17 5 16 27 819 0 11 22 3 14 25 6 17 28 920 112 23 61728 9 20 11223 4 15 26 415 26 7 18 29 10 21 6 17 28 920 112 23 718 29 10 21 21324 2 13 24 5 16 27 3 14 25 6 17 28 4 15 26 7 18 29 10 21 |